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Old A-Zs of London
According to my 1905 map of the area, what is now Northland Street didn't
exist and Vaughn Street had a 90 degree bend in it at what is now the junction with Southwell Road. So there was no confusion, just one road! Don't know when this extra road was built. -- Regards, Max Batten Visit me at http://www.thebattens.ndonet.com --------- "thoss" wrote in message news In article , Richard J. writes thoss wrote: Incidentally and somewhat OT, I note from the Bartholomew Pocket London Atlas 1939 that in the period 1937-9 Vaughan Road, Lambeth, was renamed Southwell Road. I wonder why. The present Southwell Road SE5 runs parallel to and south-east of Coldharbour Lane, with five short streets linking them, one of which is Vaughan Road. See map at http://tinyurl.com/bhptu . Are you saying that before 1937 both the present Vaughan Road and the present Southwell Road were both called Vaughan Road? If so, the change was probably to avoid confusion. I can't say anything about the details. My earliest atlas is the one mentioned above. The map shows Coldharbour Lane, Vaughan Road parallel to it and, as you say, several short streets linking them. Unfortunately these are not named. The atlas has a supplementary index listing street name changes 1937-39. There seem to be an awful lot of them - 12 pages worth. I wonder whether the Luftwaffe caused so many. -- Thoss --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0518-2, 04/05/2005 Tested on: 04/05/2005 12:30:06 avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2004 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com |
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